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Explosion At French Nuclear Site Kills One

Posted by samzenpus on from the someone-save-the-camembert dept.

syngularyx writes "An explosion took place in an oven Monday at the Marcoule nuclear site near the city of Nimes in the south of France. From the article: 'One person was killed and three were injured in the explosion, following a fire in a storage site for radioactive waste, Le Figaro newspaper said. It is a major site involved with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. emergency services said.'" Update: 09/12 16:20 GMT by S : Changed headline and summary to reflect that there seems to be no risk of a leak.

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  1. Cue more irrational nuclear panic in 3...2... by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    In other news, 30 coal miners die each year in the U.S. alone and no one gives a rats ass.

    Deaths per terawatt hour (from nextbigfuture.com):

    Coal – world average: 161
    Coal – China: 278
    Coal – USA: 15
    Oil: 36
    Natural Gas: 4
    Biofuel/Biomass: 12
    Peat: 12
    Solar: 0.44
    Wind: 0.15
    Hydro: 0.10
    Nuclear: 0.04

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    1. Re:Cue more irrational nuclear panic in 3...2... by kent_eh · · Score: 5, Informative

      In other news:
      a petroleum pipeline explosion has killed at least 100 so far today in Kenya.
      From linked article:

      "The scene is horrific, with charred bodies all around. I cannot differentiate between men and women or boys and girls. All that is left are bones, and the only way to identify the children is from their smaller skeletons."

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  2. From Here : by dvaldenaire · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi there,

    I am french, and i can tell you all : there are no problem in nuclear here. Never. Go back to sleep. Thanks for your attention.

    In fact, here in France, it is almost illegal to put "problem" and "nuclear" in the same sentence without any negation...

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  3. Re:RTFA! by Issarlk · · Score: 5, Funny

    In France, radioactive clouds stop at the country borders. And even if they were to somehow fly over the country, it wouldn't be the cause of an increase of thyroid cancers. Nuclear energy is pretty safe in France.

  4. On the front page of the CBC by perp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Headline: French nuclear waste site blast kills at least 1
    Sidebar: At least 61 killed in Kenya pipeline explosion

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